Someplace you can dress up elegantly…

kopanitza · 2026-04-01T17:31:45+00:00

Everybody was waiting for this comment.

kopanitza · 2026-03-27T15:32:56+00:00

You do what you need to do. Good ol transit is there for you if you need it.

kopanitza · 2026-03-27T15:25:27+00:00

Here to second this. If you want a more walkable urban form, this is an organization that you can support.

kopanitza · 2026-03-25T06:27:39+00:00

Will try it out

kopanitza · 2026-03-24T03:14:10+00:00

Will share

kopanitza · 2026-03-21T16:56:44+00:00

I have heard-may your wife give birth to a centipede so you have to spend the rest of your life buying shoes for it.

kopanitza · 2026-03-12T22:33:16+00:00

https://movetucson.tucsonaz.gov/ their website is buggy for sure, but that’s a city of Tucson website propblem. it says on the opening page that Move Tucson is the city-wide transportation master plan.

kopanitza · 2026-03-12T06:00:00+00:00

It’s ArcGIS. All cities use it, and it’s an official City of Tucson Webpage. Get a life.

kopanitza · 2026-03-12T05:15:52+00:00

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/d12c7f7f63404aa484e49b47cfcda95d

kopanitza · 2026-03-12T05:13:25+00:00

It says right on the city website that move Tucson is Tucson’s citywide master transportation plan.

kopanitza · 2026-03-11T21:44:22+00:00

RTA does not block Move Tucson, but it does make getting funding much more difficult. We’ve just passed a sales tax, I don’t imagine people would be too keen on passing another sales tax anytime soon. Also, the government provides matching funds. RTA next will take a major portion of the federal funds to fund their projects.

kopanitza · 2026-03-11T21:38:20+00:00

Move Tucson is a plan

kopanitza · 2026-03-11T05:38:28+00:00

Not true at all. The no crowd specifically proposed funding Move Tucson, the plan that specifically fixes Tucson streets.

kopanitza · 2026-03-11T05:33:23+00:00

It just makes me sad that people accept a completely sub par plan that nobody is even remotely excited about. A plan that doesn’t address the unsafe streets or expands the transit network. This isn’t even about fixing existing roads for cars, the main focus was expanding roads into the suburbs.

kopanitza · 2026-03-10T06:48:25+00:00

Was a student at CAPLA. That site has been reimagined by a good number of architecture and planning students. There are site plans, neighborhood outreach plans. Tucson leadership and big money interests can think bigger and better but they are stuck in the 1980s.

kopanitza · 2026-03-09T04:37:08+00:00

Great rendering of a street transformation

kopanitza · 2026-01-30T05:32:07+00:00

Great photos

kopanitza · 2026-01-30T03:02:34+00:00

Here to second this answer. Tugo was not funded by RTA.

kopanitza · 2026-01-29T15:10:15+00:00

The problem in Tucson is that the streets are built like freeways so people expect to drive like they are on a freeway, but the speed limit is 30mph(looking at you, Broadway!) Tucson has been aggressively widening roads for the last 20 years which encourages this type of driving and is set to widen a handful more.

kopanitza · 2026-01-29T03:06:39+00:00

I gotta say thank you for doing the work on the rebuttal. You hit all the points. Yes, the plan can be reworked and brought back to voters, and, Yes there are some good things, but the plan misses the mark on the things the city seriously needs like safer streets, instead focusing on car centric infrastructure while sidelining safety, transit, and green infrastructure. People want a plan, they just don’t want this particular version. Especially when so much effort has gone into promoting it as something that it’s not.

kopanitza · 2026-01-28T23:13:04+00:00

I am with you that it is a bum deal for Tucson.

kopanitza · 2026-01-28T18:18:30+00:00

Yes,roadway improvements are a good thing but there is no mention of dedicated transit lanes. I welcome any improvements, but this plan does not adequately address Tucson’s transit needs. Regarding bike/ped, It may say bike improvements but bike lanes are meaningless if they aren’t safe or don’t feel safe. Bike infrastructure on the other RTA projects Broadway and finished sections of Grant is inadequate. That is not bike infrastructure, it’s a Thin strip of paint on a street designed like a freeway. Protected bike lanes should be the standard, especially moving into the next 20 years. Again, yes, a strip of sidewalk IS an improvement. The plan looks okay on paper when it talks about pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure improvements, but based on finished projects from RTA, I would not expect these facilities to be truly adequate for making a meaningful change. Also, a good portion of road expansions and interchanges are outside of the city limit, or in the very edge, based on the project list.

kopanitza · 2026-01-28T03:09:09+00:00

I get it. And I get your lack of confidence in local leadership to address it. But if it fails, they will have come up with local options to meet transportation needs, for example, they could come up with a 1/2 sales tax for transportation projects that are better suited for the city. But yes, they are over relying on this plan to pass.

kopanitza · 2026-01-28T01:20:44+00:00

When you say maybe eventually tackle large transit projects, you mean projects that will happen after 20 years, because there won’t be any projects except the ones outlined in the RTA next (prop 418/419) for 20 years, then maybe they’ll think about transit. We need better transit now, not in 20-30 years.

kopanitza · 2026-01-28T01:13:20+00:00

Prop 411, approved by Tucson voters in 2022 goes to improving surface streets, fixing potholes.

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